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<h2 id="part1">Fill in the Hiragana Chart</h2>
Though I already mentioned that there are many sites and helper programs for learning hiragana, I figured I should put in some exercises of my
own in the interest of completeness. I've removed the obsolete characters since you won't need to know them. I suggest playing around with
this chart and a scrap piece of paper to test your knowledge of hiragana.

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<span class="bigger">Hiragana Table</span>
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<tr align="center"><th>n</th> <th>w</th> <th>r</th> <th>y</th> <th>m</th> <th>h</th>
    <th>n</th> <th>t</th> <th>s</th> <th>k</th> <th>&nbsp;</th><th>&nbsp;</th></tr>

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 <td><span class="hide" id="n">ん</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('n');">flip</a></span></td>
 <td><span class="hide" id="wa">わ</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('wa');">flip</a></span></td>
 <td><span class="hide" id="ra">ら</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('ra');">flip</a></span></td>
 <td><span class="hide" id="ya">や</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('ya');">flip</a></span></td>

 <td><span class="hide" id="ma">ま</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('ma');">flip</a></span></td>
 <td><span class="hide" id="ha">は</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('ha');">flip</a></span></td>
 <td><span class="hide" id="na">な</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('na');">flip</a></span></td>
 <td><span class="hide" id="ta">た</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('ta');">flip</a></span></td>
 <td><span class="hide" id="sa">さ</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('sa');">flip</a></span></td>

 <td><span class="hide" id="ka">か</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('ka');">flip</a></span></td>
 <td><span class="hide" id="a">あ</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('a');">flip</a></span></td>
 <th>a</th>
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 <td class="empty">&nbsp;</td>
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 <td><span class="hide" id="ri">り</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('ri');">flip</a></span></td>
 <td class="empty">&nbsp;</td>
 <td><span class="hide" id="mi">み</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('mi');">flip</a></span></td>
 <td><span class="hide" id="hi">ひ</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('hi');">flip</a></span></td>
 <td><span class="hide" id="ni">に</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('ni');">flip</a></span></td>

 <td><span class="hide" id="ti">ち</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('ti');">flip</a></span></td>
 <td><span class="hide" id="si">し</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('si');">flip</a></span></td>
 <td><span class="hide" id="ki">き</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('ki');">flip</a></span></td>
 <td><span class="hide" id="i">い</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('i');">flip</a></span></td>
 <th>i</th>

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 <td class="empty">&nbsp;</td>
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 <td><span class="hide" id="ru">る</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('ru');">flip</a></span></td>
 <td><span class="hide" id="yu">ゆ</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('yu');">flip</a></span></td>
 <td><span class="hide" id="mu">む</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('mu');">flip</a></span></td>

 <td><span class="hide" id="fu">ふ</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('fu');">flip</a></span></td>
 <td><span class="hide" id="nu">ぬ</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('nu');">flip</a></span></td>
 <td><span class="hide" id="tu">つ</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('tu');">flip</a></span></td>
 <td><span class="hide" id="su">す</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('su');">flip</a></span></td>
 <td><span class="hide" id="ku">く</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('ku');">flip</a></span></td>

 <td><span class="hide" id="u">う</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('u');">flip</a></span></td>
 <th>u</th>
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 <td class="empty">&nbsp;</td>
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 <td><span class="hide" id="re">れ</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('re');">flip</a></span></td>

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 <td><span class="hide" id="me">め</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('me');">flip</a></span></td>
 <td><span class="hide" id="he">へ</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('he');">flip</a></span></td>
 <td><span class="hide" id="ne">ね</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('ne');">flip</a></span></td>
 <td><span class="hide" id="te">て</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('te');">flip</a></span></td>

 <td><span class="hide" id="se">せ</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('se');">flip</a></span></td>
 <td><span class="hide" id="ke">け</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('ke');">flip</a></span></td>
 <td><span class="hide" id="e">え</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('e');">flip</a></span></td>
 <th>e</th>
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 <td class="empty">&nbsp;</td>
 <td><span class="hide" id="wo">を</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('wo');">flip</a></span></td>
 <td><span class="hide" id="ro">ろ</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('ro');">flip</a></span></td>
 <td><span class="hide" id="yo">よ</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('yo');">flip</a></span></td>
 <td><span class="hide" id="mo">も</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('mo');">flip</a></span></td>

 <td><span class="hide" id="ho">ほ</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('ho');">flip</a></span></td>
 <td><span class="hide" id="no">の</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('no');">flip</a></span></td>
 <td><span class="hide" id="to">と</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('to');">flip</a></span></td>
 <td><span class="hide" id="so">そ</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('so');">flip</a></span></td>
 <td><span class="hide" id="ko">こ</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('ko');">flip</a></span></td>

 <td><span class="hide" id="o">お</span><br /><span class="small"><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="flip('o');">flip</a></span></td>
 <th>o</th>
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<h2 id="part2">Hiragana Writing Practice</h2>
In this section, we will practice writing some words in hiragana. This is the only part of this
guide where we will be using the English alphabet to represent Japanese sounds. I've added bars between each letter to prevent the ambiguities
that is caused by romaji such as "un | yo" vs "u | nyo". Don't get too caught up in the romaji spellings. Remember, the whole point is to test your aural memory with
hiragana. I hope to replace this with sound in the future to remove the use of romaji altogether.

<h3>Hiragana Writing Exercise 1</h3>
<b>Sample:</b> ta | be | mo | no ＝ <u>たべもの</u>
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	<td>1. ku | ru | ma</td>
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	<td>2. a | shi | ta</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">あした</span></td>
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	<td>3. ko | ku | se | ki</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">こくせき</span></td>
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	<td>4. o | su | shi</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">おすし</span></td>
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	<td>5. ta | be | ru</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">たべる</span></td>
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	<td>6. wa | ka | ra | na | i</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">わからない</span></td>
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	<td>7. sa | zu | ke | ru</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">さずける</span></td>
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	<td>8. ri | ku | tsu</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">りくつ</span></td>
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	<td>9. ta | chi | yo | mi</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">たちよみ</span></td>
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	<td>10. mo | no | ma | ne</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">ものまね</span></td>
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	<td>11. hi | ga | e | ri</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">ひがえり</span></td>
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	<td>12. pon | zu</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">ぽんず</span></td>
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	<td>13. hi | ru | me | shi</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">ひるめし</span></td>
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	<td>14. re | ki | shi</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">れきし</span></td>
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	<td>15. fu | yu | ka | i</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">ふゆかい</span></td>
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<h2 id="part3">More Hiragana Writing Practice</h2>
Now we're going to move on to practice writing hiragana with the small 「や」、「ゆ」、「よ」 、and the long vowel sound.　For the purpose of this exercise, I will
denote the long vowel sound as "－" and leave you to figure out with hiragana to use based on the letter preceding it.

<h3>Hiragana Writing Exercise 2</h3>
<b>Sample:</b> jyu | gyo－ ＝ <u>じゅぎょう</u>
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	<td>1. nu | ru | i | o | cha</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">ぬるいおちゃ</span></td>
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	<td>2. kyu－ | kyo | ku</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">きゅうきょく</span></td>
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	<td>3. un | yo－| jo－ | ho－</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">うんようじょうほう</span></td>
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	<td>4. byo－ | do－</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">びょうどう</span></td>
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	<td>5. jyo－ | to－ | shu | dan</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">じょうとうしゅだん</span></td>
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	<td>6. gyu－ | nyu－</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">ぎゅうにゅう</span></td>
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	<td>7. sho－ | rya | ku</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">しょうりゃく</span></td>
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	<td>8. hya | ku | nen | ha | ya | i</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">ひゃくねんはやい</span></td>
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	<td>9. so | tsu | gyo－ | shi | ki</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">そつぎょうしき</span></td>
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	<td>10. to－ | nyo－ | byo－</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">とうにょうびょう</span></td>
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	<td>11. mu | ryo－</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">むりょう</span></td>
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	<td>12. myo－ | ji</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">みょうじ</span></td>
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	<td>13. o | ka－ | san</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">おかあさん</span></td>
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	<td>14. ro－ | nin</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">ろうにん</span></td>
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	<td>15. ryu－ | ga | ku | se | i</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">りゅうがくせい</span></td>
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<h2 id="part4">Hiragana Reading Practice</h2>
Now let's practice reading some hiragana. I want to particularly focus on correctly reading the small 「つ」 (by correctly carrying over the previous consonant).
Remember to not get too caught up in the unavoidable inconsistencies of romaji. The point is to check whether you can figure out how it's supposed to sound
in your mind.

<h3>Hiragana Reading Exercise</h3>
<b>Sample:</b> とった ＝ <u>totta</u>

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	<td>1. きゃっかんてき</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">kyakkanteki</span></td>
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	<td>2. はっぴょうけっか</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">happyoukekka</span></td>
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	<td>3. ちょっかん</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">chokkan</span></td>
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	<td>4. ひっし</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">hisshi</span></td>
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	<td>5. ぜったい</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">zettai</span></td>
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	<td>6. けっちゃく</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">kecchaku</span></td>
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	<td>7. しっぱい</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">shippai</span></td>
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	<td>8. ちゅうとはんぱ</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">chuutohanpa</span></td>
</tr>

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	<td>9. やっかい</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">yakkai</span></td>
</tr>

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	<td>10. しょっちゅう</td>
	<td>＝</td>
	<td class=" answerline"><span class="hide">shocchuu</span></td>
</tr>
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